[3.9] Pure Phys Skeletons & Friends Necromancer — Beginner/SSF/Budget Build

Just wanted to share new helmet I bought. Saved currency last few days for it! Probably will pick up Animate Guardian and move it and Spectres to helmet.





Wish me luck in labbing a relevant enchant!

Hi, can minions use physical damage as extra chaos damage from wand?

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Deost wrote:

Sounds good. In your build why didn't you opt for 2 +1 to minion wands? Is +1 to minion/+1 to spell a better setup than two +1 to minion?

+1 to all spells is the same as +1 to all minions. +1 to all spells is much cheaper as well. But the end result is the identical dps wise. I have already spent ~6ex or so crafting wands, but never hit +1/1 spell/minion. Dunno if i want to continue, because its really overkill. Same as Gems+. You can min max this build to insane numbers if you have currency :)


Here you go https://youtu.be/KW13efhDoPY (kinda lucky loot this time xd)
Deathless. No chaos res, no MoM, 15% mana (85% is reserved). No spirit offering. For me uber elder is harder, than Sirus, such a joke fight when you practice storms enough.

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Naggash wrote:

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Deost wrote:

Sounds good. In your build why didn't you opt for 2 +1 to minion wands? Is +1 to minion/+1 to spell a better setup than two +1 to minion?

+1 to all spells is the same as +1 to all minions. +1 to all spells is much cheaper as well. But the end result is the identical dps wise. I have already spent ~6ex or so crafting wands, but never hit +1/1 spell/minion. Dunno if i want to continue, because its really overkill. Same as Gems+. You can min max this build to insane numbers if you have currency :)


Here you go https://youtu.be/KW13efhDoPY (kinda lucky loot this time xd)
Deathless. No chaos res, no MoM, 15% mana (85% is reserved). No spirit offering. For me uber elder is harder, than Sirus, such a joke fight when you practice storms enough.

Hi mate , thx for your vid , one question , why still got enfeblee lvl 5 if you cast it? and worth lose spirit offering for dread banner?

Hey guys, this is the first minion build i've ever played and i'm enjoying it. Looking for a little advice if you don't mind.

LegacyOfMorphling is my necro, if you wouild suggest where I should focus currency on upgrades, in what order? What would have the largest impact basicaly.

I have 3 exa or so right now currency, but looking for upgrade advice past that, i've been making currency pretty quick i'm not even lvl 90 yet.

- Awakening gems?
- Shaper helm
- Rerolling convoking wands for better rolls. I already blew basically 2 exa trying to roll a nice wand and gave up and just bought these for cheap. I think i'm going to start buying bound fossils and trying that way.

Thanks!

For those running impale: Do you swap out a red gem for melee splash while clearing maps? Melee Physical Support?

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Naggash wrote:

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Deost wrote:

Sounds good. In your build why didn't you opt for 2 +1 to minion wands? Is +1 to minion/+1 to spell a better setup than two +1 to minion?

+1 to all spells is the same as +1 to all minions. +1 to all spells is much cheaper as well. But the end result is the identical dps wise. I have already spent ~6ex or so crafting wands, but never hit +1/1 spell/minion. Dunno if i want to continue, because its really overkill. Same as Gems+. You can min max this build to insane numbers if you have currency :)


Here you go https://youtu.be/KW13efhDoPY (kinda lucky loot this time xd)
Deathless. No chaos res, no MoM, 15% mana (85% is reserved). No spirit offering. For me uber elder is harder, than Sirus, such a joke fight when you practice storms enough.

Wow props dude! That was clean af. I'll definitely have to try out Pride w/Skitterbots

Also do you think you could've skipped if you popped your Vaal Skeletons earlier?

I just run impale all the time... maybe that's lazy? I don't know, speed seems fine.

I was hoping to get get input on '6th' helm link... helm has minion life 20 and minion damage 18 baked in. I'm thinking to socket Animate Guardian - Raise Zombie - Meat Shield and have an open socket - has anyone tried Summon Phantasm? Does it scale well? Or am I better served spreading more Maim or even Exposure via Elemental Army?

I'm moving Golem to gloves. I run impale on Skellies. Dread & Awakened Generosity (eventually linked with Enlighten and either Pride or Flesh & Stone). Standard 3-link Spectre. Spirit Offering in Unset, manually spammed.

I'm kind of done on my Necro for now but would like to thank the maker of this build though. I mostly used it as a framework and get some ideas on summoners.

Made 15 ex in currency today just farming various stuff to test how it did against bosses. Obviously got lucky with Acuity/etc dropping but imo it does really well against bosses so far.

Maybe I'll try Sirius again soon and hopefully it doesn't bug out this time.

If only watchers eyes weren't so expensive this time around I could've tried a few more things, oh well.

Which of the awakened support gems are actually useful for our build?

Awakened Minion damage seems to be a mere 10% increased damage boost and Awakened Brutality doesnt seem to work on minions (from the way the line is phrased). Also, I'm not sure if awakened melee phys's intimidate refers to minions hitting an enemy or me getting hit by monsters (think Pandemonius)